Garment-hanger.



'l. DUBERSTEIN. GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23. NH).

Patehted Nov. 18, 1919.

of and intermediate the ends hit engages, and which teeth will ects aswill ISADORE mmnesrnm, or omcaeo, rumors enamnnr nwem Specification ofLetters Patent.

I Application filed .Tune 28, 1819. Serial No. 306,015.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Isanone Donens'rnm, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful ln'iprovements in Garment-Hangers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers, particularlyadapted, though not necessarily limited in its use for supporting ladiesthin and flimsy skirts, and one of the objects of the invention is toprovide an improved hanger of this char-- acter having a series offlexible teeth 01' proj ections extending above and across the top ofthe hanger, and which teeth point inwardly and are adapted to be engagedby the garment so that in the event the garment should be accidentallydetached from one end of the hanger, the flexible teeth will formextended frictional surfaces with which the garment prevent the garmentfrom droppingofl' of the hanger, and at the same time the flexible teethwill not injure a garment or skirt of the most delicate fiber.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new anduseful obappear, the invention consists in the features of novelty insubstantially the construction, combination and arrangement of theseveral parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of this improved hanger showing in. dottedlines, a ski rt supported thereby.

Fig. 2 is a detail to plan View of one end of the hanger showing theseries of flexible teeth.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the hanger showing the manner in which askirt which hasbeen detached from one end will be held from dropping offof the hanger.

W The hanger It) may be of any desired size and configuration andconstructed of any suitable material, and is'provided with the usual suporting hook or loop 11 intermediate 1ts. ends. The upper surface 12 ofthe hanger at any point, preferably adjacent the ends 13, is cut away orrecessed as at it and arranged within these recesses are elements 15constructed of any suitable flexible material. and may be held orsuitable inansuch asrubber or the like, in position in any desired ner.These elements 15 are preferably of a size in-cross section so as tostand flush with the sides of the body of the hanger, and the uppersurfaces of the elements are shaped to form teeth 16 extendingtransversely of the hanger and are spaced from each other in a directionlengthwise of the hanger. The teeth project for any desired distanceabove the upper surface 12 of the hanger body 10 and the series of teethadjacent. the respective ends of the hanger extend or point inwardly orin a general direction toward the o posite end of the hanger.

It will be t us seen that When a garment is in place upon the hanger,the teeth will not interfere with the garment and being flexible willnot injure a garment of the finest texture.

.Should the ally detached the tendency garment G become accidentfrom oneend of the hanger, of the garment would he to slip from the other end ofthe hanger and drop upon the floor. The flexible teeth, however,rojecting above the top of the hanger, W1 1 be engaged by the garmentand a frictional gripplng will be produced between the teeth and garmentand the latter will be retained upon the hanger as shown in Fig. 3 untillifted therefrom. The spaced teeth 16 present an undulated surface tothe garment above the top Surface 12 of the hanger body 10. While thepreferred form of construction has been herein shown and described, itis tobe, understood that many changes may be made therein, and the modeof securing the friction teeth or projections in position may be variedwithout departing from the spirit of this invention.

What is claimed as new is:

l. A garment hanger embodying a body having a sup ortin surface, and aseries of clearly de ned fl exible teeth projecting above the saidsurface adjacent each end thereof, said teeth being spaced in adirection lengthwise of the said surface and parallel, each of the teethextending substantially entirely across and projecting above the saidsurface to have frlctional Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

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2. A garment hanger embodying a body enter.

3. A garment hanger embodying a body having a supporting surface andprovided with a recess opening through said surface adjacent each endthereof, an element seated and secured Within each the recesses, andclearly defined fiexibleteeth carried by each of the elements andprojecting above the said surface and adapted to have frictionalengagement with the material of a garment for retaining the garment uponone end of the hanger when the garment has become detached from theother end of the hanger,

each of the said teeth on each of the ele-' ments extending entirelyacross the supporting surface, being spaced in a direction lengthwise ofthe said surface, substantially parallel and inclining inwardly towardthe center of the hanger from the respective ends thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification on this20th day -of June, A. D. 1.919.

rsADoRE DUBERsTEIN.

